Villas-Boas hits out at "personal attacks"

Andre Villas-Boas pointed to an agenda against himself and Tottenham following the club's 2-2 draw with Manchester United on Sunday.

Published

1 December 2013

The Tottenham manager has come under pressure after seeing his side suffer a humiliating 6-0 defeat at Manchester City last weekend.

While acknowledging the impact of that heavy defeat, Villas-Boas railed against what he perceived as unfair criticism from certain quarters.

In the press conference that followed Sunday's game, the former Porto and Chelsea boss said: "I think it's pretty clear; People insult my integrity, my human values and my professionalism and one of these people is sitting over here and insults the success I have achieved in other clubs.

"I think it is a lack of respect and an attack on a person's integrity."

Villas-Boas went on to explain he had taken exception to his comments being taken out of context after the City defeat, while also suggesting rival managers had not faced such negativity from the press.

"I never said the players should feel ashamed of themselves. (I said) we, that includes me, every time," he continued.

"We is us. Don't you agree? Why do you think there is any intention to separate myself from it?

"I don't want to undermine other managers,(but) I think you can easily compare the situation.

"We were sitting above Man City before (last weekend) and above Man United as well before, and we haven't seen any kind of personal attacks on somebody. I think it is unfair.

"It's something that obviously comes with a 6-0 thrashing but more important is the team, more important is the response and I think the players did that in great fashion."

In an interview with BBC Radio, Villas-Boas also took aim at former Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar.